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|caption = BR Composite Corridor 16169 (centre)
|construc = BR Derby
|status = StoredOverhaul in progress|carno = 16169M16169|livery = n/a (was BR Maroon)|othernos = M16169M7169, 7169SC7169
|designed =
|diagram = 126
|lot = 30665
|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type CK|CK]]
|topscode = [[:Category: Carriage Type CK|AA31]]
|seats = 24 first, 18 standard
|built = 1961
}}16169 is a BR Mark 1 Corridor Composite (CK) carriage. The term 'composite' refers to the use of more than one class of seating, in this case four first class compartments and three second class compartments. For the second class compartments, BR followed the seating plans used by the pre-nationalisation companies in each region, with LMR and ER carriages generally having seats with arm rests allowing six passengers per compartment while WR and SR carriages had no arm rests permitting 8 passengers per compartment.<ref name=Stockbook>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>
==Service and preservation==16169 was built at Derby in 1961 to diagram number 126(AA201), lot number 30665. It entered service in the Midland region.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.112.</ref> In 1984 1983 it was renumbered as 7169M7169, being reallocated to the Scottish region in January 1986.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.80. </ref>
16169 was withdrawn from service by BR at Heaton, Newcastle in 1988, where it had been in use on cross-country services. It arrived on the SVR in August 1989 been purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].<ref name=Stockbook/> It has seen use in the BR Maroon set, but by 2006 was described by the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey as "externally very shabby and due for refurbishment". In 2007 it was withdrawn from service and was photographed in July 2015 stored in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] awaiting overhaul.
